Crosswords with Friends vs WordCrafting: A Tower of Words
Crosswords with Friends
Crosswords with Friends is Zynga's more social take on the age-old word game of crossword. The game offers players free new puzzles daily, each of which has their own specific theme, namely Movie Monday, TV Tuesday, Wayback Wednesday, Top 40 Thursday, Sports Fan Friday, Smartypants Saturday, and People Sunday that puts your pop culture knowledge to the test with one-of-a-kind, People Magazine celebrity puzzles.The puzzles themselves are extremely well-made, which is not at all surprising considering the all-star crossword writers they have managed to assemble. Of course, when things get a bit too tough, there are helpful hints for you to use as well. Being a social game, Crosswords with Friends also has a leaderboard system where players can compete for the top spots by earning as high a score as they can.
When it comes to choosing the best crossword games on mobile, Crosswords with Friends is ranked pretty much at the top. So, if solving crosswords is kind of your thing, this is one game you'll want on your phone/tablet.
WordCrafting: A Tower of Words
WordCrafting: A Tower of Words is a very intriguing and unique, fantasy-themed word puzzle game that combines the strategy and physics needed in tower-building games with the fun of unscrambling the letters in a word and making crossword puzzles. It may not be the easiest game to get into, but once you get how it works, you will quickly realize how refreshingly entertaining it is.The game offers 3 different game modes, which will be unlocked as you complete the previous mode. The game starts you off with the easiest MishMash mode, which basically consists of tower-building and unscrambling letters, and then move you on to the Classic mode that will require you to form your own words as you build your towers. Lastly, you'll get to the Endless mode whereby you will attempt to build the highest tower you can and see how well you rank among your friends on the leaderboard. There is also a Word of the Day mini-game to play, and some collectibles that you can collect by opening treasure chests.
Once in a while, I will stumble on a very much underrated word game that’s so unique, intriguing, refreshing, and challenging that it completely blows my mind (in a good way), and I’ve got to admit – WordCrafting: A Tower of Words is, without a doubt, one of these incredibly rare games. The number of new words you can learn through the MishMash mode of this game is simply astounding as well.
Granted that not many wordies may enjoy a game as different as this one, especially since the game seems to focus more on building solid structures rather than testing your vocabulary (at least in the MishMash mode), WordCrafting is definitely a game that wordies simply must try.